TAVARES v. TAVARES

No. 5838.

574 P.2d 125 (1978)

Richard TAVARES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Josephine Rodriguez TAVARES, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

January 30, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher P. McKenzie, Honolulu (Gould & McKenzie, Honolulu, of counsel), for defendant-appellant.

Michael David Hong (Flynn & Hong, Honolulu, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before RICHARDSON, C.J., and KOBAYASHI, OGATA, MENOR and KIDWELL, JJ.


KIDWELL, Justice.

This appeal raises questions with respect to a property division in a matrimonial action in which the husband was the plaintiff. The complaint and summons were sent by mail to the defendant wife in California pursuant to an order for service by mail, and received by her on September 22, 1973. Without notice to or appearance of defendant, a hearing on the complaint was held before the district family court...

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